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Weapons of Mass Casualties and Terrorism Response Handbook

Author(s): American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)
Charles Stewart, MD, FACEP
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763724252
  • ISBN-10:0763724254
  • Hardcover    286 pages      © 2006
Price: International Sales $203.95 US List
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Overview

The Weapons of Mass Casualties and Terrorism Response Handbook is the ultimate medical resource on weapons of mass destruction for all levels of emergency care providers, covering emergency care of injuries and illnesses resulting from weapons of mass casualties!

This handbook provides the most up-to-date, comprehensive medical information available for both prehospital and in-hospital providers on the emergency care of injuries and illnesses resulting from biologic or chemical weapons.

Covering all Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) threats and more, this handbook provides the following information for each agent presented:

  • History
  • Physical Characteristics
  • Dissemination
  • Mechanism of Action
  • Effects
  • Lethality and Toxicity
  • Treatment
  • Decontamination and Personal Protection

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Incidents in Terrorism – Boxed text providing background on terrorist events involving weapons of mass casualties.

Incidents Involving Chemicals – Boxed text providing background on non-terrorist incidents involving chemicals.

In-hospital Information –Text pertaining to both prehospital and in-hospital providers is highlighted.

Incidents Involving Toxins – Boxed text providing background on events involving toxins.

Incidents Involving Radiation – Boxed text providing background on events involving radiation.

Incidents Involving Power – Boxed text providing background on events involving power supply.

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Weapons of Mass Casualties Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Tissue Toxins
Chapter 3. Nerve Agents
Chapter 4. Pulmonary Agents
Chapter 5. Vesicant Agents
Chapter 6. Non-Lethal Agents, Tear Gas, Vomit Gas, Incapacitating Agents, and Smokes
Chapter 7. Improvisational Chemical Warfare Agents
Chapter 8. Introduction to Biological Warfare
Chapter 9. Live Bacterial Agents
Chapter 10. Viral Agents
Chapter 11. Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses
Chapter 12. Rickettsial Agents
Chapter 13. Possible Biotoxins
Chapter 14. Radiation Emergencies
Chapter 15. Personal Protection and Decontamination
Chapter 16. Electronic Terrorism and Directed Energy Weapons
Chapter 17. Summary and Conclusions


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American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) provides education and practice management services for orthopaedic surgeons and allied health professionals. The Academy also serves as an advocate for improved patient care and informs the public about the science of orthopaedics. Founded at Northwestern University as a not-for-profit organization in 1933, the Academy has grown from a small organization serving less than 500 members to the world's largest medical association of musculoskeletal specialists. The Academy now serves about 24,000 members internationally.

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Charles Stewart, MD, FACEP

Charles Stewart, MD, FAECP is an emergency physician and has written extensively on his 25+ year experiences in the field.  A graduate of West Point in 1969, Dr. Stewart was a Lt. Colonel in the United States Army, and was the first cadet to be sent to Medical School by the United States Army.  He is board certified in Emergency Medicine, has been a former oral examiner for ABEM, and has been an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Rochester.  An eclectic taste in reading and a passionate desire to put ink to paper have resulted in a wide variety of published articles and books.

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